Over 18.2 million arrivals are
expected in Italy this August, up 3.2% on the same period last
year for a total of 85.6 million tourists, up 0.8%, according to
a survey carried out by Demoskopika which ANSA is releasing
ahead of its publication.
The growth is mainly due to foreign tourism, up 8% with over 8.8
million tourists expected to visit from abroad next month,
according to the data.
Spending by tourists has been estimated at 18.8 billion euros,
up 4.7%.
Meanwhile, the increase in inflation in the sector is growing -
up 3.6% in June -compared to the same period last year, the
survey found.
According to the president of Demoskopika, Raffaele Rio, it is
"necessary to keep it under control: it is nearly five times
higher" than inflation in general.
Demoskopika in particular calculated that the inflation rate in
the tourism sector rose 1.2% on a monthly basis and 3.6% on an
annual basis, mainly due to the hotel and restaurant businesses
absorbing 85% of the growth trend.
Overall, however, the survey noted that Italy registered one of
the lowest inflation rates in the tourism sector in the Old
Continent: 3.9% for prices related to the "tourism basket" used
to measure prices, which was only preceded by Sweden (3.8%),
France (3.2%) and Portugal (3.1%).
Other destinations with a higher rate than Italy included the
Netherlands (6.9%), Poland (6.5%), Austria (6.2%), Greece
(6.0%), Germany (5.6%) and Spain (5.1%).
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED © Copyright ANSA
